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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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